[A case of right heart failure: when it is not pulmonary embolism].

A 66-year-old patient with recent instrumental findings (echocardiogram, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging) of right ventricular failure was hospitalized due to worsening signs and symptoms of right heart failure, while waiting for diagnostic definition. Pulmonary computed tomography angiography revealed findings compatible with bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism involving the main pulmonary artery. Anticoagulant therapy was initiated with initial benefit, partial relief of symptoms, and moderate improvement in right ventricular function.

QTc Prolongation to Predict Mortality in Patients Admitted with COVID-19 Infection: An Observational Study.

Background: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), characterized by pulmonary infection ranging from asymptomatic forms to respiratory insufficiency and death. Evidence of cardiac involvement in COVID-19 is increasing, and systemic inflammation or direct heart damage by SARS-CoV-2 can prolong the corrected QT interval (QTc).

Methods: In this observational study, a total of 333 consecutive patients admitted to the Covid Center of Verona University Hospital from November 2020 to April 2021 were included.

[Temporal trends in acute myocardial infarction-related mortality in Italy (2007-2017)].

Background: Update data regarding acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-related mortality in Italy remain scant. We assessed AMI-related mortality and time trends in Italy from 2007 to 2017 by using the Eurostat Mortality Database.

Methods: The vital registration data of Italy from the publicly free-available OECD Eurostat website database were analyzed for the period between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2017.

Usefulness of the Right Parasternal Echocardiographic View to Improve the Hemodynamic Assessment After Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis.

Right-parasternal-view (RPV) often provides the best hemodynamic assessment of the aortic-valve-stenosis by echocardiography. However, no detailed study on patients with aortic prosthesis is available. Thus, RPV usefulness is left as an anecdotical notion in this context.

New-onset extreme right axis deviation in acute myocardial infarction: clinical characteristics and outcomes.

Background: QRS axis deviation can occur during myocardial infarction (MI); to date, little is known about the significance of extreme right axis deviation (ERAD) in the frontal plane, i.e. a shift in QRS axis between +180° and +270°, during MI.